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COFFEE BREAK Saturday, February 29, 2020 East Oregonian C5 DEAR ABBY Daughter finds happiness by ghosting mother, siblings Dear Abby: I’m in my mid-30s Dear Detached: I’m glad you and about a year ago I went from lim- asked me to weigh in on this. You ited contact to no contact with do owe your mother and sib- lings an explanation. Because two siblings and my mother. what has caused you to with- No single incident caused draw is their “negativity, this, nor was there any history peevish behavior and criti- of childhood abuse, etc. I just cal comments,” say so. Turn- find I am much happier with- ing your back on your family out their presence in my life. I am married, content, take with no explanation at all is J eanne joy in my job and am other- cruel, punishing behavior and P hilliPs wise fulfilled. I do not miss cowardly. ADVICE their general negativity, pee- Dear Abby: I have a vish behavior or critical com- co-worker with a troubling ments. My question is this: Do I owe psychosis that has left me afraid to them an explanation or a place in my wear certain colors or say certain life? words around him. He has allowed a I am generally an unsentimental college football rivalry to impact his person. I try to be fair. After years relationship with co-workers. of not enjoying our contact, is it OK I would really like to wear my to finally end it once and for all? — maize and blue sweater, but I’m fear- ful of his reaction. He’s from Ohio and Detached in Texas is negatively obsessed with Michigan. I understand rivalries, but when you won’t acknowledge another co-worker from that state and require all your co-workers to refer to Michigan as the “M-State” or you storm off in anger, there is an issue. What should I do? Should I recommend counseling? — Afraid in New Mexico Dear Afraid: I agree that your co-worker may be off the deep end. You should not recommend counsel- ing for this obsessive and immature individual, but someone in authority should. Depending upon how large a company your employer is, discuss what has been happening with human resources or your boss. This is a text- book example of bullying and creat- ing a hostile work environment. Your clothing choices should not be dic- tated by a fellow employee. DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 29, 1920 Fishing for steelheads in the Umatilla is excellent and good catches are many, but such fishing is facilitated by the use of fishin’ pole and tackle. So discovered a prominent Pendleton real estate man and former deputy sheriff when he reached the river yesterday minus rod and pole, which were left in Pendleton in spite of elaborate preparations for a day’s sport. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 29, 1970 Hermiston businessman F. K. “Woody” Starrett says he is horrified at the increasing number of traffic fatalities on Highway 32 between Hermiston and Stanfield, and hopes to arouse interest in doing something about putting an end to what he calls “useless killings” on a stretch of highway that is a “booby trap from start to finish.” About 12 years ago, Starrett appeared with local chamber of commerce officials in Salem before the State Highway Commission to ask that hazards on the highway be corrected. Starrett says they came away from that meeting hopeful that some action would be taken and a few minor improvements have been made but the major hazards are still taking a heavy toll. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Feb. 29, 1995 Three Hermiston High students with apparent gang affil- iations were charged with rioting in connection with a fight at the school Monday. School Resource Officer Jay Lynch was struck by some errant blows during the altercation in the main hall of the school about 12:25 p.m. Lynch saw a large gathering of students in the hall and, as he approached, he heard students arguing, according to the police report. When he tried to break up the argument, the students started hitting each other. During the fist fight, Lynch was hit in the head and back. He removed one of the students to an empty classroom, but the fighting escalated in the hallway. No seri- ous injuries were reported. THIS DAY IN HISTORY On Feb. 29, 1936, Presi- dent Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a second Neutrality Act as he appealed to Ameri- can businesses not to increase exports to belligerents. In 1796, President George Washington pro- claimed Jay’s Treaty, which settled some outstanding differences with Britain, in effect. In 1940, “Gone with the Wind” won eight Academy Awards, including best pic- ture of 1939; Hattie McDan- iel won for best supporting actress, the first black per- former so honored. In 1980, former Israeli foreign minister Yigal Allon, who had played an important role in the Jew- ish state’s fight for indepen- dence, died at age 61. In 1996, Daniel Green was convicted in Lumberton, North Carolina, of murdering James R. Jordan, the father of basketball star Michael Jordan, during a 1993 road- side holdup. (Green and an accomplice, Larry Mar- tin Demery, were sentenced to life in prison.) A Peru- vian Boeing 737 crashed on approach to Arequipa, kill- ing all 123 people on board. Thought for Today: “Well, it has happened again. The Earth has circled four times around the sun, astronomers have designated this a leap year and anxious bachelors won’t answer their telephones until midnight.” — David O’Reilly, Ameri- can journalist. Universal Crossword Edited by David Steinberg February 29, 2020 ACROSS 1 Argentine grassland 6 Event with a finish line 10 Therapeutic bath spot 13 T.S. who wrote about cats 14 Airline founded in the same year as the nation of Israel 15 Clarinetist Artie 16 Slow-cooked sandwich meat 18 Without a stitch on 19 Hook’s sidekick 20 Have regrets about 21 In bundles, as cotton 22 Painter’s application 24 Boorish sort 26 Meat served at a “joint” 30 Ill will 32 Lawyers’ org. 33 Eye wolfishly 34 With 39-Across, eat lots of 16-, 26-, 45- and 59-Across? 35 Potluck get-togethers 39 See 34-Across 40 List shortener, for short 42 Vintage 8-Down inits. 43 Signs of rotting 45 Meat in an Egg McMuffin 49 Smelter waste 50 Tries the patience of 51 Often-pierced spots 53 Letters before an alias 54 “Now it’s clear” 58 Only its Touch model is currently sold 59 Meat sold in cans 62 Move, in Realtor lingo 63 Lena of “Chocolat” 64 Honor with insults 65 Toss in 66 Longish skirt 67 Volcanic residue DOWN 1 Vitalizes, with “up” 2 Visitor to an old prof 3 Highway marker number 4 Weasel’s stinky cousin 5 Satisfied the munchies 6 Public stature 7 Natural balm 8 Valeted vehicle 9 Bugling animal 10 “Need to hear more?” 11 Cut, as expenses 12 Left wide-eyed 15 Pizzeria chain 17 Totally blah 21 Bloom’s beginning 23 Vein yields 24 Die, geometrically 25 Catch wind of 26 Attention-getting 27 Plumped-up fowl 28 Out-of-focus photo, e.g. 29 Drops beneath the horizon Gluttony by Fred Piscop sudoku answers 30 31 36 37 38 41 44 46 47 48 51 52 53 55 56 57 59 60 61 Job detail, briefly Gyro bread “Topaz” author Leon Shepherd’s pie legumes Common laundromat loss Rio Grande city Square-dance moves Bob and bun Pageant wear, at times ___ Sea (shrunken body of water) Monetary unit of Turkey Page with essays Like die-hard fans Ruler ousted in 1979 Trouble-free state CPR pros Suffix with “star” or “czar” Pharmaceuticals giant ___ Lilly Word after “disco” or “steroid”
